A meditative exhibition in a storied museum space, Janetka Platun’s On the Art of Teeth is a thought-provoking intersection between medicine, art and technology. On the Art of Teeth Unfortunately for me, every time I think I should stop scrolling so much on social media, I come across something I wouldn’t otherwise have known about […]
Two very different London museums tell us a lot about how the dialogue around human remains in museums is evolving, at least in the UK. Content warning: this post inevitably deals with death and human remains. I have, however, made an effort not to show images/close-up images of human remains. I use the terms ‘human […]
A relatively new, private museum, the Dunedin Museum of Natural Mystery is both cabinet of curiosities and artistic showcase. A New Museum For Dunedin As we learned recently, Dunedin has some very well-established museums, including the country’s oldest history museum in the form of Toitū Otago Settlers Museum. Otago Museum is the region’s hub of […]
Let me preface this by saying I’m a massive (and proud) history geek, but it’s hard to underestimate how impressive it is seeing all of the bits usually missing from archaeological exhibitions and museum displays. The wood, the fabrics, the leather, the hair: the things that are normally inferred from the lack of them (an […]
